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Fly Fishing Reports => Western Destinations => Topic started by: twinbridges on August 16, 2013, 14:17:57 PM

Title: Big Brown trout and Moose
Post by: twinbridges on August 16, 2013, 14:17:57 PM
Fished the Madison with a young guy (I rowed and he fished) on Tuesday.  As we were waiting to put the boat in this truck with two guys pulls in and starts to back down the ramp, put on brakes to correct back up and there is this huge not good sound as he dumps the entire boat twenty feet from the water.  They had undone the safety chain and the strap!  Sort of embarrassing I think.  Fished Varney to Town and with not great flows and a novice angler it was not a banner day but we had a good time nevertheless.

Wednesday fished the Beaverhead from Hennenberry to Barretts and right out of the bat my wife got a 23+ brown trout on a chubby.  He was way in a corner and she put a chubby there and he just appeared beside it, looked at it and then slowly ate it!  It took some doing but we got him to the net. Problem is when you get one of those at the get go then everything else is downhill.  Rest of day fishing was not so good but caught some fish anyway. 
First saw this big ole bull moose eating willows beside the river and then climbed down into it to make it easier to get his dinner.  I left my good camera in Twin so all I had was phone so pics not so stellar.  A while later we make a turn and there is a cow moose and a beautiful calf.    So the moose watching was plenty good. 
Title: Re: Big Brown trout and Moose
Post by: twinbridges on August 16, 2013, 14:19:54 PM
the cow and calf
Title: Re: Big Brown trout and Moose
Post by: mecnc on August 16, 2013, 21:21:55 PM
cool moose pics. the brown is nice too.  'c;
Title: Re: Big Brown trout and Moose
Post by: troutphisher on August 17, 2013, 08:48:05 AM
Good stuff TB... 'c; 'c;
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Post by: wind_knot on August 17, 2013, 08:56:46 AM
Nice meese pics and of course the brown.
Title: Re: Big Brown trout and Moose
Post by: Woolly Bugger on August 17, 2013, 13:18:43 PM
Nicely done
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Post by: jwgnc on August 17, 2013, 21:02:12 PM
 'c; love those mooses